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Ticket Timeline

Houston Rockets Attendance Tracker

Build a lifetime archive of Houston Rockets games you've attended. Ticket Timeline turns Rockets history for Houston fans into a lasting personal basketball record centered on real seats at Toyota Center and beyond—not a live-score feed or ticket marketplace.

For iPhone & Android

Ticket Timeline app showing NBA games you've attended

Milestones

You saw history as it happened live

Hakeem Olajuwon scores his 20,000th career point with the Rockets

Olajuwon reached 20,000 points with a baseline basket at The Summit on November 11, 1995, against Minnesota—becoming the 21st player in NBA history to hit the mark.


20,000

Career points with the Houston Rockets

Added drama

You were part of moments beyond the stats

Game decided by a buzzer-beater

Tied game, final shot at the horn—about as dramatic as basketball gets.


~1.2% of games

End on a buzzer-beater

Historic moments

You witnessed something historic

Nate Archibald recorded 20 assists

Nate Archibald posted 20 assists in a historic individual performance at rockets during the 1972-73 season — the 29th 20-assist game in nba history.


29th

20-ASSIST GAME IN NBA HISTORY

Example insight

An example of a ranked night in your archive

Example: a top night from a season you attended

When enough games are in your archive, Ticket Timeline can rank nights you attended — for example a high-attendance Rockets game. This card is an illustration, not a logged result.


#7

Example rank, not an observed game

Rare moments

You witnessed something truly rare

40-point triple-double

40-point triple-double—elite scoring with full box-score control.


0.2% of games

About 1 in 500 chances

Houston Rockets Snapshot

League
NBA (National Basketball Association)
Home venue
Toyota Center
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Abbreviation
HOU

Team Colors

Primary: #CE1141
Secondary: #FDB927

Home venues in Ticket Timeline's game data

Buildings the Rockets have called home in the attendance data Ticket Timeline uses—useful when an old ticket names a former arena or an earlier naming-rights label.

Ticket Timeline's game data covers Rockets home arenas from the Houston era (1971 forward), with gaps where source rows do not connect continuously; the franchise's full history dates back to 1967 in San Diego.

If your ticket says The Summit or Compaq Center, that's a former downtown Houston home—not the current Toyota Center.

The Houston Rockets franchise began in 1967 as the San Diego Rockets, an NBA expansion team, playing four seasons in San Diego before relocating to Houston in 1971. In Houston, the Rockets first played at Hofheinz Pavilion on the University of Houston campus (1971–1975), then moved into The Summit when it opened in 1975, the team's home for 23 seasons. The Summit was renamed Compaq Center in 1998 following a naming-rights deal, and the Rockets played there until 2003, when they moved into the brand-new downtown Toyota Center—their current home and the franchise's third building since arriving in Houston.

Houston Rockets play home games at Toyota Center in Houston, TX, USA. Dates for those nights are anchored in Central time. The building list above is what Ticket Timeline uses when an older ticket names a former arena or an earlier name of the same building.

Rebuild your Rockets history

Use that timeline when dating a night: Hofheinz Pavilion (1971–1975) is a former home on the University of Houston campus, a different building from both later arenas. The Summit (1975–2003) is the same building as Compaq Center—just renamed in 1998 following a naming-rights deal—and both are different buildings from Toyota Center, not renames of it. Toyota Center is the current home that opened in 2003, a new downtown building in a different location. Rebuilding Rockets attendance is usually a scavenger hunt: paper tickets and PDF confirmations, camera-roll scoreboard dates, calendar invites, season-ticket statements, and memory anchors (companions, rivals, life events, arena names on stubs). Work season by season; a partial list of attended games is enough to start matching opponents and arenas. When confirmations live in Gmail, import games you've attended walks through a read-only preview before anything is committed. For a shoebox of stubs, see what to do with old ticket stubs.

  • Old paper tickets and digital PDFs
  • Email receipts and order confirmations
  • Camera-roll photos with visible dates or scoreboards
  • Calendar entries and season-ticket records
  • Memory anchors: opponents, companions, venues, life events
  • San Diego Rockets clues (1967–1971)—the franchise's original home before the Houston move
  • Hofheinz Pavilion clues (1971–1975)—the team's first Houston home
  • The Summit / Compaq Center clues (1975–2003)—same building; renamed Compaq Center in 1998
  • Toyota Center nights (2003–present)—current home in Ticket Timeline's data

What your Rockets archive unlocks

Once you've logged Rockets games you attended, Ticket Timeline surfaces the attendance story—not a live scoreboard. Visited insights can include Hofheinz Pavilion nights (1971–1975), The Summit / Compaq Center era (1975–2003), and today's Toyota Center (2003–present).

Attended

  • Total games attended
  • Your record when you attended
  • Home and road games

Visited

  • Arenas visited
  • Nights at Hofheinz Pavilion (1971–1975)
  • Nights at The Summit / Compaq Center (1975–2003)
  • Nights at current home Toyota Center (2003–present)
  • Progress across all Houston Rockets arenas in Ticket Timeline's data

Witnessed

  • Players and teams seen
  • Historic games witnessed
  • Milestone moments witnessed
  • Rare moments witnessed
  • Achievements earned

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At Toyota Center

Rockets home games today are at Toyota Center, an 18,055-seat downtown Houston arena that opened in 2003 as the franchise's third home since arriving from San Diego in 1971. The venue represents the modern era of Rockets basketball—a purpose-built downtown arena after 28 years split between Hofheinz Pavilion and The Summit/Compaq Center. Former homes and earlier printed names live in the venue timeline above—use those when an old ticket does not say Toyota Center.

Map of NBA arenas visited across your attended games

How Ticket Timeline connects your Rockets games

Add Rockets games from memory, import a spreadsheet, or scan ticket stubs. Ticket Timeline links each attended game to NBA context—teams, arenas, players, and notable moments—so nights at Toyota Center and elsewhere become a browsable Houston Rockets archive. Primary focus on this page: a lifetime attendance archive.

Ticket Timeline matches NBA game context and stats

A lifetime Rockets attendance archive

Ticket Timeline is for fans who want a permanent record of Rockets games attended over years—not a live-score feed and not a ticket marketplace. A lifetime Rockets archive can span Hofheinz Pavilion, The Summit/Compaq Center years, and into the Toyota Center era—keep all those nights and every other attended game in one exportable personal record.

A memory worth recovering

If you attended Rockets games at Hofheinz Pavilion (1971–1975), The Summit in its original name (1975–1998), or the same building renamed Compaq Center (1998–2003), each represents a distinct era of Houston Rockets basketball. Toyota Center represents the franchise's modern chapter—a purpose-built downtown arena opened in 2003—so a lifetime archive spans Houston's entire tenure as the franchise's home, all the way back to the 1971 relocation from San Diego.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What can I track for Houston Rockets games I've attended?

Ticket Timeline is built as a long-term archive of attended Houston Rockets games: teams, arenas, players, milestones, and moments across seasons, including nights at Toyota Center.

How do I add Rockets games to my timeline?

Add games as you remember them—or import a batch—then keep growing the archive. Ticket Timeline stores attended Rockets history with NBA context in an exportable personal record.

Can I track how many arenas I've visited for NBA?

Yes. Ticket Timeline helps you see arena progress across the Rockets and NBA games you've attended, so you can revisit which arenas you've been to and keep building that record over seasons.

Can I import years of Rockets history from a spreadsheet or Gmail?

Yes. You can import a spreadsheet of attended Rockets games, and Ticket Timeline also supports finding games from Gmail ticket confirmations with a read-only, preview-before-commit flow. That makes it easier to reconstruct years of history without retyping every date.

Does Ticket Timeline sell tickets?

No. Ticket Timeline does not sell tickets. It is an app for tracking NBA games you've already attended and exploring the story behind your fandom.

Is Ticket Timeline a permanent archive for Rockets fans?

Ticket Timeline is built as a lifetime attendance archive for fans who want attended Houston Rockets games preserved across seasons—San Diego to Houston—including nights at Toyota Center, with an exportable personal record.

Can I track Houston Rockets games at Toyota Center?

Yes. Ticket Timeline helps you track Houston Rockets games you attended at Toyota Center, then connect those nights to players, performances, milestones, and arena memories.

Can I see players from Rockets games I attended?

Yes. Your timeline can help surface the players and teams connected to your attended Rockets games, so memorable performances are easier to revisit.

Start Building Your Rockets Timeline

Build a searchable lifetime record of attended Houston Rockets games.

For iPhone & Android